Index_C

C

Campaign

contributions, 210–211

finance reform, 57–58

Carpal tunnel syndrome, 212

CBS, 245

Celebrities, 170

CEOs

motivating, 232

recruitment of, 126–127

Chaos, prisoners’ dilemma and, 147

Charities, 210

Cheating, 143

Chicken games

burning money and, 79–80

Cuban missile crisis and, 77–79

definition of, 69

free rider and, 72–74

treasure hunts and, 75–77

vs. outguessing games, 74–75

China, collective agriculture and, 230

Clinton, Bill, 94–95, 160

Co-opetition (Brandenberger and Nalebuff), 265

Co-payments, 213–214

COBOL, 92

Coin collecting, 155–156

Cold War, 45

prisoners’ dilemma and, 131–132

Collective agriculture, 229–230

College

financial aid, 185

sports, 125–126

tuition, 185

Communication

cutting off, 14–15

Communism, failure of, 231

Comparative advantage, 236–237

Competition. See also Price competition, 34

chain stores and, 37–38

complex pricing and, 47–48

in personal computers, 88–90

insanity and, 32–34

production and, 40

signaling fitness and, 167

Computer(s)

bulletin boards, 94

personal, 86–91

Conferences, 209–210

Contingency fees, 224

Contracts

actors and, 200–201

music industry and, 199–200

outside, 227–228

prisoners’ dilemma and, 127–128

Control

giving up, 245

relinquishing, 12–14

Cooperation

Nash equilibria and, 109

prisoners’ dilemma and, 141–143

Coordination, 99, 180–181

of patents, 201

Coordination games, 277

definition of, 58

Corporate donations, 210

Corporate raiders, 23–24

Corporate takeovers, 23–27

Cortez, 11

Coupons, 187

Cowardice, 130–131

Credibility, 243

Credible threats

price wars and, 45–46

Criminal compensation, 20–21

Cuban missile crisis, 77–79